EIP-2026-102789

PRE-CVE

BitchX 1.0c19 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102789. PoCs published by Sha0.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in BitchX IRC client (versions 1.0c19 and below) to achieve local privilege escalation. It constructs a malicious environment variable and argument list to overwrite the return address and execute shellcode.

Description

BitchX 1.0c19 - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Sha0 · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/586

This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in BitchX IRC client (versions 1.0c19 and below) to achieve local privilege escalation. It constructs a malicious environment variable and argument list to overwrite the return address and execute shellcode.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: BitchX IRC client (versions 1.0c19 and below)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · BitchX IRC client installed with vulnerable version
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026